After Laurelyn Prescott walks away from the love of her life, she returns to
Nashville to pursue the only dream she has left. Determined to find a
distraction from the pain of losing Jack Henry, she immerses herself in her
music. But with her old life comes old acquaintances and new expectations. When
Laurelyn refuses her record producer’s outrageous demands, she finds herself
without a career—until an unforeseen opportunity presents itself. From there
it’s a rocket ride straight to the top where Laurelyn finds the success she’s
always dreamed of. Will it be enough to bring her the happiness she so
deserves, or will the absence of Jack Henry leave her wanting more?

Jack Henry McLachlan never expected to fall in love with Laurelyn
Prescott—but he did. After he foolishly let her slip through his fingers, he
spends three months searching for her, but their reunion doesn’t come easy. The
woman he finds isn’t the same one who drifted away without a goodbye. No longer
an insecure girl on an Australian adventure, this Laurelyn is a successful
musician with a promising career. Her dreams are becoming a reality, and Jack
is terrified his American girl won’t have a place for him in her new life. With
only a month to convince her otherwise, will it be enough time to make her
visualize a life beyond the glitz and glamour, a life that includes him?

ABOUT the AUTHOR

Georgia resides in rural Mississippi with her
wonderful husband, Jeff, and their two beautiful daughters. She spent fourteen
years as a labor and delivery nurse before deciding to pursue her dream of
becoming an author. Despite the struggle, she has no regrets in her decision to
try this crazy life. She can honestly say that she’s living the dream.

Shit!
Am I too late? Has she let this Charlie guy into her bed so she could forget
me?

I am a selfish bastard, and undeniably a possessive one, when it
comes to Laurelyn. I don’t want her happier with another man and I’m petrified that she is.
I fear he’s giving her the things I didn’t. And telling her the words I should
have but refused to say because I was too stubborn to see the truth.

I
squeeze my eyes shut as I brace myself for her answer to the question I’m
bloody terrified to ask. “Did you let him fuck you?”

Laurelyn
won’t lie to me, but that’s only one of the reasons I’m scared to death. I
stare into the blackness behind my lids. I won’t be able to bear it if she
tells me she let him get inside her. I don’t know how to handle that.

I
feel her hands on my face. “Look at me.” I don’t know if I can until I know she
hasn’t been with another man. “Please, look at me.”

I’ve
never been more frightened in my life, but I open my eyes because it’s what
she’s asking me to do. Her face is so serious. I think she’s contemplating how
to say the words, how to break my heart gently and kill me slowly.